Justin Woloshin, a long-tome MS Society volunteer, said the money raised truly goes towards making a difference in peoples’ lives.

“(The money raised) goes to a lot of places,” explained Woloshin. “It goes to research, it goes to local families who are struggling — there’s people out there who have MS, who can’t quite pay for their bills — so this will help them too.”

Woloshin said the most nerve-racking point this year was an hour before the fundraiser ended, when they were more than $5,000 under what they had hoped to raise.

But, thanks to the help of some generous Saskatchewan people and groups — they were able to come out strong and achieve their goal.

Woloshin credits the swift fundraising to the local live musicians playing the Christmas carol requests, which he said motivates people to give back.